Jeff Zeisler

January 27, 2025
Jeff Zeisler is a Bay Area technology executive and longtime community leader. Married with three school-aged children, he is deeply involved in local education. He currently chairs the Governance Committee at the Flora Family Foundation, which he joined in 2006. He also serves as President of the Los Altos Education Foundation and enjoys coaching youth sports. Read More

Tamela Spicer

January 26, 2025
Tamela Spicer, M.A. has spent over 30 years in philanthropy, serving in leadership roles with The Salvation Army, The Arthritis Foundation, and Flat River Outreach Ministries. Before joining the WF Fund team, Tamela spent seven years as a senior program manager for the Dorothy A. Johnson Center for Philanthropy. Her work was shaped by her many years as a volunteer, Read More

Karen A Scott, MD, MPH

January 17, 2025
Dr. Karen Scott is the President of the Foundation for Opioid Response Efforts (FORE). She has over 20 years of experience in healthcare policy, quality improvement, health services research, and public health. Dr. Scott has worked with public health and delivery system leaders to redesign care and promote health equity, quality and patient safety, and population health improvement. She has Read More

Ricshawn Adkins Roane

January 14, 2025
Ricshawn Adkins Roane works at the intersection of philanthropy, public opinion, and policy for economic, racial, and gender justice.  Her philanthropic vision is to lead the return of resources extracted by colonialism, exploitation, racism, exclusion, and sexism to the communities most impacted. She is a values-driven leader with high emotional intelligence, an impactful communicator with strong management skills, and a Read More

Eleisha Nelson-Reed

January 13, 2025
Eleisha Nelson-Reed is the Executive Director of The Powell Foundation, a private family foundation dedicated to advancing the quality of life for residents in Harris, Travis, and Walker Counties (Texas). Under her leadership, the Powell Foundation shepherds a $20 million annual grantmaking program in support impactful initiatives in education, the arts, conservation, and human services. With over two decades of Read More

Action Learning Associates

January 13, 2025
We are champions for Next Gen Family Leaders. Our recent leadership consulting work has led to: 1) the 360-assessment consulting process described at www.AssessNextGen.com, 2) the customized content and digital solutions described at www.NextGenPeerGroups.com, and 3) “The Success Playbook for Next Gen Family Business Leaders” (2024). Visit our website here.   Read More

Ryan Dolibois

January 7, 2025
Ryan Dolibois serves as the Foundation’s inaugural Executive Director, where he provides overall leadership for the team and works closely with the Board of Directors to fulfill their strategic vision for the Foundation. Ryan is a nonprofit leader with more than 25 years of experience in executive management, fundraising, strategic planning, and teaching in Houston. Prior to joining the Foundation, Read More

Kate Dearing Fowler

January 7, 2025
Kate Dearing Fowler is a philanthropic leader who has dedicated her career to community development and nonprofit support. As the Executive Director of The Jerry C. Dearing Family Foundation since 2015, she has overseen the distribution of over $25 million to Houston-based nonprofits focusing on health, education, and sustainability services. Her professional journey began with eight years in broadcast journalism, Read More

Olabayo Allen-Taylor

December 20, 2024
Olabayo Allen-Taylor is an accomplished COO renowned for leading strategies to secure equitable capital investments in communities of color, especially within the environmental and educational sectors. She played a pivotal role in pioneering the Community Schools model and the Restorative Justice program for the Oakland Unified School District, initiatives that now benefit over 30,000 students and families. Additionally, Olabayo engages Read More

Nicole Seawell

December 9, 2024
Nicole Elias Seawell is a communications strategist, leadership coach, and Enneagram expert who founded Sailor’s Sweet Life, LLC, a consultancy which specializes in helping leaders and their teams’ to improve interpersonal dynamics, decrease miscommunications, and optimize outcomes. Nicole believes everything is communication and that miscommunication, not poor intention, is behind most inefficiencies, hurt feelings, unnecessary conflict, and poor outcomes. She Read More